Will Stanley cups become the next "must have" in the UK?

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Somewhat lighthearted!

So, on TikTok/ Instagram etc, it seems that pink Stanley cups are the next big accessory! I must admit, they do look very pretty!

Who's buying one for their spring wardrobe?

I don't see the point in a bulky inconvenient leaking flask? I'm happy with a leakproof £15 one.

I don’t think so. A few women got them at work from partners at Christmas. They brought them to work and left them on their desk. They don’t use them as travel cups as they are so big.

and tbh on social media, they are becoming a thing of ridicule. Taking the piss out of fighting and arguing to get the valentines x Starbucks version, even though social media was full of ‘boycott Starbucks’ a month ago, is becoming a trend. Skits about how ridiculous women look taking one everywhere is a trend.

I think we will see more of them in the Uk but then it will die out.

I am talking about them from a social media trend perspective, as we are talking about trends. If you have one find it useful and like it, go for it. But buying one because it’s ‘on trend’ is probably not a great idea.

Oh and yes, they aren’t leak proof apparently

Me too, and I distinctly remember drinking iced coffee in the long hot summer of 1976, so it’s not new.

Admittedly it wasn’t Starbucks, but mums home made mix of full fat milk, Camp “coffee” and ice cubes.

I was bought one as a gift, it leaks from the side even when the straw hole is fully closed. I emailed Stanley customer service about it (as the cups allegedly have a lifetime guarantee) and they said the cups are “splash proof not leak proof” so it’s normal that it will leak. It means I can’t carry it in a bag anywhere which seems ridiculous for such an expensive cup. Glad I didn’t buy it myself as it is crap. Why advertise that it has a fully closing lid if it leaks and they accept that it does?! Weird.

I’ve had mine for nearly a year. I keep it at work and fine it brilliant to make sure I drink loads of water as it I keeps it cool and I don’t have to go and fill it up all the time.

What adaptor did you get?

I'm waiting for them to come back in stock in the UK. Only one that seems to be available is a cream.

I have to admit I’ve not heard of this. I have two Stanley flasks big and small and they are fab and completely leak proof.

This is interesting ^^ shows the power of influencers and social media. Influencers have always been a thing to some degree but the scale is insane now and concerning in some ways!

God I hope not. If so, we're doomed.

As others have said they’re too big for my liking and if they’re not leak proof then they are crap 😂 but social media is powerful and will bring things to trend

🤣Laughed so much I woke the Whippet

I read that in Ab Fab Joanna Lumley voice !

I had to Google this as I have never heard of them.

What is so special about them?

Haha! Made my chuckle

I've never heard of them and hadn't really noticed them around. I'm obviously not very observant.

TK Maxx has a great selection of what I consider to be much more attractive coffee cups/water bottles. My newest one I bought myself for Christmas was £7.99 and it's lovely.

I don't have tik tok or Instagram or anything and I find the idea of influencers quite unnerving. People I've never heard of and don't care about, no qualifications, being paid, with hundreds of millions of followers listening to them. People on the ground in positions of 'power' without anything like the same reach. Makes me feel quite unsettled.

Lol I thought I was the latest person on this trend!
I've had a knock off one for about 6 months. 1.2l of liquid, has really helped me to not be dehydrated. Keeps water cold and fresh tasting!
I see Starbucks has just released a pink Stanley (though unsure if it's the US/UK Starbucks who emailed me about it!)

My DH bought me a white coffee style one with no straw a few months ago. I wondered why so many people commented on how amazing it is. I had no idea this is the reason why 🤷🏻‍♀️

Oh, they’re truly horrible!

I think they look bloody awful- and don't understand the obsession of having to carry a water container big enough to cross a flipping dessert with, whilst living in a country with easy access to clean water everywhere....and if the straw is in....the lid isn't waterproof. So you're carrying a bloody big leaky cup around everywhere. And I'm probably 20yrs past the demographic that seems to be obsessing over this

Looks like a barbie doll accessory

People love to buy into a craze 😁 £40 for a water bottle!! Over years of many different bottles, honestly Sistema are imho the best. They never leak and you can squeeze them, so no sucking wrinkle marks. If I want it to be cold, I just freeze an inch of water in the bottom. I have two that are about ten years old now.

Yeti are infinitely better quality.

I’m sure the cups in the playmobil camper used to look like this!

American social media influencers have been going on about them for a while now. How a company has got people excited over an overpriced flask of all things is incredible.

Guess people really are sheep

My grandparents were born in the late 1910's, so yes, for lots of us, 1928 is definitely 2 generations ago!